Gallery: World followed Washington’s first legal marijuana sales

The general consensus after yesterday’s official opening of retail marijuana stores is very positive. In fact, yesterday’s events were big enough to receive national and international coverage. Check out our gallery of coverage above.

There were many common threads in the coverage, but one of the most common was brought up in regard to the retail price of a gram of marijuana and how much people were spending yesterday. Many outlets were comparing the recreational retail price to the lower price of medical and black market marijuana. But aside from some skepticism on the pricing, most out-of-state news outlets saw Washington’s legalization of marijuana as a step forward for the movement across the country.